Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise

Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise adult male has crimson-red upperparts, a yellow mantle, and a glossy green breast contrasting with otherwise largely black plumage. Dark wings carry red coverts, while the tail's two elongated central feathers form narrow, outward-curving violet-black spirals. Its defining turquoise-blue crown is bare skin rather than feathering, divided into distinct sections by crossing lines of small black feathers.

Family

Paradisaeidae

Region

Oceania

Range

New Guinea

Habitat

Rainforest

Dominant color

Red

Conservation status

Near Threatened